Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Cogar Manufacturing, a manufacturer of material handling equipment primarily for the natural resource industries, will invest $2.5 million to relocate its manufacturing operation from Beckley, West Virginia, to the former Caterpillar facility in Giles County. ...

Governor McAuliffe Announces 83 New Jobs in Giles County
~Interstate Group LLC to invest $4.1 million to establish East Coast manufacturing and distribution operation~
The jobs for Interstate will be posted around April or May. They will be posted to the company’s website - https://www.trailersplus.com/careers/ and possibly on the Virginia Workforce Connection website (VEC postings) - https://www.vawc.virginia.gov/vosnet/Default.aspx .
GLEN LYN – Governor Terry McAuliffe...

Celanese plant in Giles County completes conversion to boilers fueled by natural gas
Originially published by The Roanoke Times on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 & Shared on Facebook by Virginia's New River Valley
By Duncan Adams duncan.adams@roanoke.com 981-3324
Celanese Corp. announced Tuesday that the global company’s manufacturing plant in Giles County has completed replacing its coal-fired boilers with boilers fueled by natural gas.
Celanese,...

Official Southwest Virginia Branding And Tourism Region Announced
October 19, 2016
ABINGDON, VA – Yesterday, the efforts of many became a reality as the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation unveiled the new branding for Southwest Virginia.
Delegate Terry G. Kilgore and Bill Shelton of the Department of Housing and Community Development spoke about the hard work that has been put in since 2003...